Analytic thinking primes people to overrule quick intuition-based answers.

Evidence

In one study, they looked at whether people were inclined to overrule an intuitively appealing, but incorrect, answer in a series of math problems known as the Cognitive Reflection Task. For example: “A bat and a ball cost 1.10 in total. The bat costs 1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?” The intuitive answer is 10 cents—but it’s wrong. A little more reflection reveals that the correct answer is 5 cents. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 601

Categorization

• DEFINE: Illustrates the Cognitive Reflection Task used to measure intuition-vs-reflection.
• XREF: connects to: Intuitions can flag an accurate danger its reasoner then rationalizes away. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 2512; Implicit biases can be consciously overridden through deliberate attention — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 1362; People deploy selective perception and motivated reasoning routinely when faced with evidence — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 144 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Intuitions can flag an accurate danger its reasoner then rationalizes away. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 2512; Implicit biases can be consciously overridden through deliberate attention — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 1362; People deploy selective perception and motivated reasoning routinely when faced with evidence — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 144 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Intuitions can flag an accurate danger its reasoner then rationalizes away. #complicates (0.72) — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 2512
• People deploy selective perception and motivated reasoning routinely when faced with evidence #complicates (0.71) — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 144